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No, Richard Dawkins. AI is not conscious

Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn’t view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-like

The Guardian - US

How the global competition to win the AI race is going

Global battle to lead in AI: Regulation, geopolitics, security and the new rules that will determine the future of AI

Euronews

‘Progressive except for Palestine’: how a tech charity imploded over a statement on Gaza

The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart

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As AI tools get smarter, they’re growing more covertly racist, experts find

ChatGPT and Gemini discriminate against those who speak African American Vernacular English, report shows

The Guardian - US

Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats

While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants

The Independent UK

The EU is leading the way on AI laws. The US is still playing catch-up

Everyone accepts that AI is dangerous. Agreeing on what to do about it is a different story

The Guardian - US

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: ‘These are the people who could actually pause AI if they wanted to’

The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power, and why the online safety bill may be unworkable

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Commentary: How much should AI concern us? We need real guidance, not vague alarmism

Recently, Geoffrey Hinton, the visionary expert who was at the heart of so much innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning, left Google. In an interview with CNN, he said, “I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us. I want to sort of…

Chicago Tribune

Ousted Google ethics executive sees A.I. as a 'gold rush'

Timnit Gebru also argued that leaving A.I. to tech bosses to regulate themselves wouldn’t work.

Fortune

First Thing: US debt ceiling talks ‘productive’ as Biden and McCarthy to meet

Sunday night phone call between president and Republican House speaker reported to have struck a more positive tone. Plus, how solar farms took over the California desert

The Guardian - UK

‘There was all sorts of toxic behaviour’: Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases

The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. But after decades working with technology companies, she knows all too much about discrimination

The Guardian - UK

Scientists warn of AI dangers but don't agree on solutions

Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on what those dangers are or how to prevent them

The Independent UK

Labelling Google’s LaMDA chatbot as sentient is fanciful. But it’s very human to be taken in by machines

We need more safeguards in place to prevent us from mistaking machines for humans

The Guardian - AU

Why are so many big tech whistleblowers women? Here is what the research shows

A number of high-profile whistleblowers in the technology industry have stepped into the spotlight in the past few years. For the most part, they have been revealing corporate practices that thwart the public interest: Frances Haugen exposed personal data exploitation at Meta, Timnit Gebru and Rebecca Rivers challenged Google on…

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Salon

"Stealth research” hurts good science

First Theranos, and now AI researchers, are being opaque about their work. Should we trust them?

The Independent UK

Lawsuit says Google discriminates against Black workers

A former Google employee sued the tech giant saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of racial discrimination against its Black workers, steering them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjecting them to a hostile work environment if they speak out

Fortune

Sony believes this is key for its A.I. future

Sony wants to be a leader in artificial intelligence and ethics at a time of widespread cynicism about companies pushing A.I. for societal good.

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